Microsoft has unveiled a sweeping redesign of Copilot that turns its AI assistant into a "super app" for the workplace, combining conversational chat, coding tools and autonomous AI agents in a single experience. The move, reported by The Verge on September 25, is the company's most ambitious attempt yet to make Copilot the central layer through which office work gets done.
Home, Code and Autopilot
Home becomes the main landing page, blending Copilot Chat with Cowork, the agent for delegated multi-step work. Microsoft plans to add a personalised "Today" dashboard there that pulls together key emails, meeting requests and Teams conversations. Office applications are also woven into the interface, so documents, spreadsheets and presentations can be created without switching between apps.
Code opens app-building to non-developers. Built on GitHub Copilot technology and running in a sandboxed environment, it lets users describe what they want in plain language — a tracker, a dashboard, an automation — and share the result as an internal cloud-hosted app with colleagues. For enterprises, a Copilot Managed Runtime keeps the code within the Microsoft 365 environment.
Autopilot is the renamed version of Scout, the persistent agent Microsoft introduced at this year's Build conference and rebuilt as cloud-based. It keeps working even while a user's computer is off — reviewing Teams channels, handling repetitive tasks and follow-ups — and can be called into conversations with @mentions like a colleague.
Rollout and pricing
Home and Code will reach users of Microsoft's Frontier early-access programme within weeks, with Autopilot following in private preview later in September. Usage-based pricing will apply to Cowork, Code and Autopilot, while a basic Copilot licence continues to cover chat and the core Office apps. IT administrators get an AI FinOps tool to manage costs, as longer-running agents and heavier models push bills higher.
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Microsoft unveils Copilot 'super app' combining chat, coding and agents — Digital Today
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Microsoft's new Copilot unifies enterprise context for chat and code — Tiatra
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Microsoft Integrates Chat, Coding, and Autonomous AI Agents in Copilot — ForkLog
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Home, Code and Autopilot
Home becomes the main landing page, blending Copilot Chat with Cowork, the agent for delegated multi-step work. Microsoft plans to add a personalised "Today" dashboard there that pulls together key emails, meeting requests and Teams conversations. Office applications are also woven into the interface, so documents, spreadsheets and presentations can be created without switching between apps.
Code opens app-building to non-developers. Built on GitHub Copilot technology and running in a sandboxed environment, it lets users describe what they want in plain language — a tracker, a dashboard, an automation — and share the result as an internal cloud-hosted app with colleagues. For enterprises, a Copilot Managed Runtime keeps the code within the Microsoft 365 environment.
Autopilot is the renamed version of Scout, the persistent agent Microsoft introduced at this year's Build conference and rebuilt as cloud-based. It keeps working even while a user's computer is off — reviewing Teams channels, handling repetitive tasks and follow-ups — and can be called into conversations with @mentions like a colleague.
Rollout and pricing
Home and Code will reach users of Microsoft's Frontier early-access programme within weeks, with Autopilot following in private preview later in September. Usage-based pricing will apply to Cowork, Code and Autopilot, while a basic Copilot licence continues to cover chat and the core Office apps. IT administrators get an AI FinOps tool to manage costs, as longer-running agents and heavier models push bills higher.
Sources:
Microsoft unveils Copilot 'super app' combining chat, coding and agents — Digital Today
Microsoft unveils Copilot 'super app' combining chat, coding and agents
Microsoft has unveiled a new Copilot app that combines chat, coding and AI agent functions in a single experience. The app is structured around three tabs: Home, Code and Autopilot, and also plans a personalised 'Today' dashboard on Home to surface key emails, meeting requests and Teams...
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Microsoft’s new Copilot unifies enterprise context for chat and code - Tiatra, LLC
Microsoft’s Copilot super-app has arrived, two months after CEO Satya Nadella confirmed it was in development. It combines conversational Chat, the autonomous Cowork agent, a redesigned coding environment named Code, and Autopilot, the persistent agent formerly known as Scout, into a single...
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Microsoft Integrates Chat, Coding, and Autonomous AI Agents in Copilot | ForkLog
Microsoft has unveiled a new version of Copilot, integrating chat, application development tools, and autonomous AI agents. The service will be built around
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